Cristina Goyanes | Writer & Editor

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2020

May

I Tried a Weighted Blanket. Here’s What I Thought

The weighted blanket arrived on my doorstep at the perfect moment. On March 11, just after 9 p.m., President Donald Trump appeared on TV to address the nation from the Oval Office to announce a...
26

2021

October

This Herbalist Is Bridging The Healthcare Gap For Latinx Farmworkers In Wine Country

It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday in August, and a group of about 40 farmworkers have been hard at work for three hours in a Napa vineyard. The sky is hazy from a nearby wildfire,...
09

2020

September

How I Came to Terms with “Losing” My Sister to Her Soul Mate

It was seven years ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday: I was too annoyed to feel scared as I floated on my back downriver waiting to be rescued. Minutes earlier, our...
02

2020

July

The Pansa Boyz: Running for Every Body

On his long summer runs in Brooklyn, around Green-Wood Cemetery and up to Prospect Park and back, Tyrone Alomia, 32, occasionally takes off his shirt to keep cool. The four-time marathoner loves to explore his...
21

2020

May

I Tried a Weighted Blanket. Here’s What I Thought

The weighted blanket arrived on my doorstep at the perfect moment. On March 11, just after 9 p.m., President Donald Trump appeared on TV to address the nation from the Oval Office to announce a...
26

2021

October

This Herbalist Is Bridging The Healthcare Gap For Latinx Farmworkers In Wine Country

It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday in August, and a group of about 40 farmworkers have been hard at work for three hours in a Napa vineyard. The sky is hazy from a nearby wildfire,...